Air Yorkshire Aviation Society C-GFCB Challenger 601 of Execaire IMP Group Ltd, Toronto 05/12/11(Ian Morton) Vol 37 Issue 4 April 2011 VP-BGX Boeing 747/346 of Transaero at Hurghada, Egypt, 29/11/10(Martin Zapletal) ZJ911/BZ Typhoon FGR.4, 29(R)Sqn, Departing Conningsby, 08/02/11 Robert Burke G-GMED PA-42 Cheyenne 3A of Air Medical, departing Doncaster 07/02/11(Clive Featherstone) www.airyorkshire.org.uk SOCIETY CONTACTS COLIN ADDISON ARCHIVES HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENT Mike WILLINGALE This month we feature US Military transport aircraft again pictured in the mid to late 1980’s..... AIR YORKSHIRE COMMITTEE 2011 CHAIRMAN David SENIOR 23 Queens Drive, Carlton, WF3 3RQ tel: 0113 2821818 e-mail:[email protected] SECRETARY Jim STANFIELD tel: 0113 258 9968 e-mail:[email protected] TREASURER David VALENTINE 8 St Margaret’s Avenue Horsforth, Leeds LS18 5RY tel: 0113 228 8143 Assistant Treasurer Pauline VALENTINE MEETINGS CO-ORDINATOR Alan SINFIELD tel: 01274 619679 e-mail: [email protected] 53-0548 EC-121T Super Constellation taken at Prima Air Museum MAGAZINE EDITOR Trevor SMITH 97 Holt Farm Rise, Leeds LS16 7SB tel: 0113 267 8441 e-mail: [email protected] VISITS ORGANISER DINNER ORGANISER John DALE tel:01943 875 315 SECURITY Reynell PRESTON, Denis STENNING, Brian WRAY RECEPTION/REGISTRATION Paul WINDSOR VENUE LIAISON Geoff WARD Air Yorkshire Code of Conduct: a member should not commit any act which would bring the Society into disrepute in any way. Disclaimer: the views expressed in articles in the magazine are 131617/JS 617 Douglas R-6D Liftmaster of VR.46 U.S Navy believed to be a Mildenhall not necessarily those of the editor and the committee. NEXT MAGAZINE PRESS DATE:- 20th April 2011 SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENTS TAS AVIATION FAIR 2011 Once again this year Air Yorkshire will be having a stand at the Fair, which takes place at the Manchester International Airport RVP on July 9th and 10th. We need members who can man the stand on either the Saturday or Sunday. Anyone who would like to help us spread the word about Air Yorkshire over the Penines, could they please contact Jim Stanfield who’s details appear in above list. MURGATROYDS LUNCH We are again planning a lunchtime get together at our local fish restaurant, this time on Friday May 6th 64-0537 C-130E Hercules of 362TAW, U.S. Air Force at 12.00. As ever all members are welcome to join us and it being a Friday some of us will be meeting up at The Square Monkey beforehand for a natter. Would anyone wishing to participate please contact the Editor on 0113-2678441 or e-mail [email protected]. DAY TRIP TO AMSTERDAM BY JET2 Once again some of our members have arranged an informal trip to Amsterdam flying by Jet2 from and to LBIA. The trip has been organised for the 29th June 2011 and anyone wishing to join in should book on the Jet2 website and just meet up at LBIA on the day. LEEDS/BRADFORD AIRPORT BOOK Ken Cothliff, who most of you will remember used to run the Air Supply shop in Yeadon is writing a book on the history of the airport. He has asked if any members have any interesting or funny stories about the airport, would they please contact him. Ken’s e-mail address is [email protected]. 53-0151 Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter taken at Pima Air Museum, Tuscon, Arizona XH558 MEETINGS AT L.B.I.A GATE 20 - 14:30hrs COMES “HOME” PLEASE NOTE IF ANY MEMBER WISHES TO COLLECT THEIR MAGAZINE AT A MONTHLY MEETING THEY MAY DO SO BY ARRIVING AT GATE 20 AROUND 14:15. YOU MAY EVEN THEN DECIDE TO STAY. CAR PARKING AT THE MONTHLY MEETINGS IS PROVIDED AT A DISCOUNTED RATE The last flying Vulcan touches down at her new home: the Doncasterairfield where she was based PLEASE CONTACT A COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR DETAILS in the 1960’s Discussions begin that could lead to a permanent home and the opportunity to create a new ‘centre 1 May 2011 of engineering inspiration’ at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley The last flying Annual Air Yorkshire Quiz – We will use the same multiple choice format we used last year, which Vulcan, XH558, is to spend the summer based at the airfield where she once stood on Quick Reaction proved to be enjoyable and popular. This year the photographs will be provided by Mike Storey. Alert during the Cold War. Now the UK’s newest commercial airport, Doncaster Sheffield is the former RAF Finningley, once ‘the home of the Vulcans’. The agreement to base XH558 at Doncaster for the 5 June 2011 summer could be the first stage in the development of a visitor centre that will eventually be linked to Trevor Smith/Terry Sykes - Your Editor will present a selction of Slides from the Colin Addison a facility to inspire the next generation of engineers and technicians. “We are thrilled that the last archive. A selection of Colin’s slides have recently been published in the magazine so you have a flying Vulcan has come home,” says Vulcan to the Sky Trust chief executive officer Dr Robert flavour of the quality of his work. Airliners and Executive Jets at LBIA will feature along with Pleming. “We all feel that something very special could be created here but I must emphasise that Propliners and Warbirds from the USA, all taken around 30 years ago. Terry will then present a these are early days in the discussions.” Last year XH558 achieved a reliability record better than slide show depicting his trips to New Zealand over the past 30 years. many modern military jets, allowing more than two million people to see her fly. This year, if they can raise sufficient funding, the Trust hopes that more than three million people will be delighted by her 3 July 2011 dramatic displays as she travels to more airshows, across more of the country than ever before. Ed Anderson – Air Yorkshire welcomes back Ed, who is now the Chairman of the Airport Operators Association which is the trade association that represents the interests of British Avro Vulcan XH558 was built at Woodford, near Manchester, painted in ‘anti-flash white’ and airports. delivered to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, in July 1960. A year later she moved to Finningley where she was based for the next eight years. Vulcan to the Sky chief pilot, Squadron Leader Martin 7 August 2011 Withers DFC flew Vulcans (including XH558) from the site between 1972 and 1982 but is best known Chris Warn – We welcome back Chris Warn, Who will present photographs of Aircraft in his own as Black Buck One, captain of the famous first 1982 Vulcan mission to the Falkland Islands. At the superb style. climax of an 8,000 mile round trip that required refuelling from eleven Victor tankers, Withers and his crew released the bombs that signalled the beginning of the end of the Falklands conflict. 4 September 2011 Tony Chaplin – We welcome a new speaker to Air Yorkshire, who is the brother of Air Yorkshire member, David Chaplin. We have a choice of talks. History of the Supermarine Spitfire, History of the Hawker Hurricane, History of the De Havilland Mosquito, History of the Avro Lancaster, and When Pull became Push - the Story of the Development of the Jet Engine. 2 October 2011 Mike Dyson – Mike started his aviation career in 1956 with the RAF. He was Chief Pilot for Capital Airlines when they obtained their Air Operators Certificate. He has many years of instructor experience and again held the position of Chief Pilot at Air Wales. He currently works as an aviation consultant and works at the Oxford Aviation Academy. I am sure Mike’s talk will be a fascinating insight into his aviation career. 6 November 2011 Air Yorkshire AGM, followed by Slides, Video Clips or Presentation 4 December 2011 Xmas Meeting . Clive Featherstone was on hand to record the arrival of the mighty V-Bomber 38 3 under the management of A.V. Roe & Company Ltd., whose main factories were in Chadderton, and MEETING’S REVIEW Woodford, Manchester. Completed aircraft were towed across to the airfield assembly sheds, where the main terminal building is now, and flown from the airfield.Initially, designs other than AVRO designs were to be built at the factory, with first contract being awarded for unsuccessful Armstrong Air Traffic Control (ATC) was the subject of the March 2011 meeting of Air Yorkshire. 37 members Whitworth Albermarles. No Albermarles were built at Yeadon, and the first aircraft to be completed turned up for the talk and presentation by Jonathan Bates and Craig Greenfield. was the Hawker Tornado, the prototype being flown at Woodford in August 194. The Vulture engine powering the Tornado was poor, so the aircraft was re-engined with a Napier Sabre engine, and the The Chairman opened the meeting and informed those present that efforts were being made to obtain aircraft became the highly successful tank-busting Typhoon, later flown by Yeadon’s own 609 (West more chairs for the meetings, and that we had permission to bring in our own. There were also Riding) Squadron. reminders for the annual dinner, lunch at Murgatroyd’s on Friday 6 May, the Amsterdam trip on 29 June and the Aviation and Transport Fair at Manchester Airport’s Runway Visitor Park to be held this year on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 July. Jonathan Bates began by introducing himself – many of the members present will, of course, remember his father David who was a previous Chairman of the Society.